WaterMan - you were 100% correct - the institutions are

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5. I saw today Nicolle Wallace with Dan Goldman, Jeremy Bash, I can't remember the name of the other 1

One point that Dan Goldman made which Jeremy Bash disputed was that we were barely able to prevent the coup, and to prevent trump from taking more treasonous actions, even with the military who did not approve of him.

Jeremy Bash argued that what he had seen from the military was a commitment to the constitution and a preparedness to turn away a treasonous president. I believe that, but he also said that had trump given an order for the military to mount an insurrection, that they would have resigned on the spot.

"Resign on the spot"...Lets think about that...How would that have helped at all? They resign, they open the door for trump to appoint his corrupt people who will do his dirty work, and that is the end of it. That is why Dan Goldberg said "barely", and I feel Jeremy Bash did not get the point, which in my opinion, is a very valid point.

To your point that the institutions are why the buffoon failed is true, but I have to agree with Dan Goldman, barely. And we are not out of the woods yet, republicans seem to be compromised so they are still carrying water for the buffoon, they are setting everything up to allow a possibility that, unless he is indicted and put in jail, he can run and win, cheating but win anyway.